How do you develop self love?
Loving yourself can be a weird concept. Often it is seen as selfish in someway. But way from it, it is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and others. But how do you develop self love?
In this post I will give you some ideas to work on how to love yourself. From affirmations, rituals and bullet journaling. Don’t forget to look at the checklist at the bottom of the post.
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How to
Self love can be developed in all sorts of ways. The key to growing it, is to find things that are positive and make you feel better. This will vary from person to person and not all ideas will fit with you. Try things and see how you feel after. Keep those that have a positive impact.
The goal of self love is to feel comfortable in your own skin, understand what make you unique and be able identify what you love about yourself.
When you are accepting of loving yourself that is when others will fall in love with you. If you are looking for a partner there are lots of dating websites to try like this free dating site.
Ideas
A quick search of google will come up with all sorts of different ideas. From various manners of exercise and diets to activities for your mind. Below of some of my favourite ways of self care.
Ritual
If you want to stick at something, it has to become a habit. For example brushing your teeth at night before bed. Do it for long enough and the habit becomes second nature, just part of your usual bedtime ritual.
Affirmation
Tell yourself positive things can help you move your mindset from a negative to a positive one. This can be a mantra, an affirmation that you say to yourself in the mirror or something that you write down.
Journal
Writing down your thoughts and feelings in a bullet journal can be a great outlet. It is also a good way to track habits and unleash your creative side. Check out Pinterest for lost of inspiring layouts and suggestions for what to include in your journal.
Checklist
Try these quick and easy tasks to develop self love
- Drink more water
- Increase intake of fruit and vegetables
- Cut back on alcohol
- Take a nap
- Avoid screen time before bed
- Read
- List your positives
- Have a bath
- Meditate
- Practice yoga
- Treat yourself
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